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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1942

2,180 stories in Sydney's papers · page 77 of 109

Gallant Rescues in Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 September 1942 · page 1

CAIRO, Monday. -- Sergeant Leonard Lawrence Barton, Chiswick Street, Auburn, R.A.A.F., yesterday received the U.S…

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Bush Fire Fighters Over 45 to Be Exempted

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 September 1942 · page 4

UNDER a National Security Regulation to be issued shortly by the Premier (Mr. McKell), bushfire fighters over 45 will be exempted from…

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Bush Fire Fighters Over 45 to Be Exempted

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 September 1942 · page 4

UNDER a National Security Regulation to be issued shortly by the Premier (Mr. McKell), bushfire…

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Bush Fire Fighters Over 45 to Be Exempted

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 September 1942 · page 4

UNDER a National Security Regulation to be issued shortly by the Premier (Mr. McKell), bushfire fighters over 45 will be exempted from…

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Bush Fire Fighters Over 45 to Be Exempted

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 September 1942 · page 4

UNDER a National Security Regulation to be issued shortly by the Premier (Mr. McKell), bushfire fighters over 45 will be exempted from…

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Big Power Station Fire

The Sun · Tuesday 15 September 1942 · page 5

Coonabarabran power station was destroyed by fire at 7.30 am today. Dense clouds of smoke rolled…

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Power House Fire Causes Blackout

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 September 1942 · page 2

COONABARABRAN, in the northwest of N.S.W., is without electricity following a mysterious fire which destroyed the local powerhouse…

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Power House Fire Causes Blackout

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 September 1942 · page 5

COONABARABRAN, in the northwest of N.S.W., is without electricity following a mysterious fire which destroyed the local powerhouse…

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Power House Fire Causes Blackout

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 September 1942 · page 2

COONABARABRAN, in the northwest of N.S.W., is without electricity following a mysterious fire which destroyed the local powerhouse…

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Power House Fire Causes Blackout

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 September 1942 · page 5

COONABARABRAN, in the north- west of N.S.W., is without electricity following a mysterious fire which destroyed the local powerhouse…

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Australian Gunners Cease Fire for Lunch

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 September 1942 · page 7

A.I.F. ARTILLERYMEN' attending a gunnery school, somewhere in Australia, pause for lunch on the range during firing practice…

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Fire Bombs Destroy Old English Church

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 September 1942 · page 6

LONDON.--England's largest parish church, St. Nicholas, Yarmouth, was burned out in a recent night raid. All that remained undamaged of this…

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N.e.s. Workers Deal with Bush Fires

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 16 September 1942 · page 5

While Kellyville N.E.S. personnel were engaged in exercises at the local post, recently, they had unexpected practical…

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Brighton-le-sands Blaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 September 1942 · page 7

Kogarah and Rockdale fire brigades were called to a fire in Birrell's bakery Bay Street, Brighton-le-Sands, last night…

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Fire Destroys Power House

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 September 1942 · page 9

COONABARABRAN, Tuesday.—The electric power-house, which supplies electricity to the townships of Baradine and Binnaway, was totally…

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Will Check Fire Watch

The Sun · Wednesday 16 September 1942 · page 3

NES inspectors are conducting an intensive check within the city of Sydney to ascertain to what extent fire-spotters are on…

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Bushfire Fighters Over 45 Exempt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 September 1942 · page 6

The man-power authorities had agreed to exempt bushfire fighters over 45 years of age from the call-up for the Army or by the Allied Works…

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Girls Fight English Fires

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 September 1942 · page 16

GIRL FIRE-FIGHTERS are giving a realistic demonstration with ladders and hose. They are A.T.S. volunteer members of the Army Fire Service, attached to a Royal. Army Ordnance Dept. in England…

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Girls Fight English Fires

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 September 1942 · page 16

GIRL FIRE-FIGHTERS are giving a realistic demonstration with ladders and hose. They are A.T.S. volunteer members of the Army Fire Service, attached to a Royal Army Ordnance Dept. in England…

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Girls Fight English Fires

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 September 1942 · page 16

GIRL FIRE-FIGHTERS are giving a realistic demonstration with ladders and hose. They are A.T.S. volunteer members of the Army Fire Service, attached to a Royal Army Ordnance Dept. in England…

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